2 Kings 4 v 1 - 37 Elisha and the Widow
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It can be easy to take things for granted. When things have come to us easily or we have had them a long time or we have just got so used to them being there, we hardly notice them anymore. Other things we have worked hard for, or waited such a long time for - there is just no way we would forget them or take them for granted. Often however it is when these things are taken away from us that we realise just how important they are to us. It may be no fault of our own that they are gone. It might be for a very short time or an extended period - even forever. There can be immense pain and sadness, and immense joy and relief if they are returned to us.
Take time today to think afresh of the things in your life that mean a lot to you. You might find it helpful to imagine putting together a time capsule of what is valuable to you. Then lay them all before God and thank him for allowing them to be part of your life.
Almighty God,
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Collect for the First Sunday of Lent http://www.churchofengland.org/
whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness,
and was tempted as we are, yet without sin:
give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit;
and, as you know our weakness,
so may we know your power to save;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
I believe there is a challenge here for us to be bold, to hear God and call for him to work supernaturally in people's lives. Let's step out in faith and alow God to display His glory - are we up for it?
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